Environmental Health Scientist
2 weeks ago
**Job Description**:
In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
Reporting to the Manager, Healthy Communities, the Environmental Health Scientist provides expert review, analysis and advice to Medical Health Officers and the Population and Public Health portfolio programs in the assessment, investigation, and policy development regarding environmental impacts to population health. Working closely with Medical Health Officers, as well as Health Protection and Healthy Communities staff, the Environmental Health Scientist will use critical thinking and analytical skills to synthesize information from a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines, as well as Indigenous knowledge, to provide evidence based advice and recommendations for the development and ongoing consideration of policies and practices in areas including Climate Change and Environmental Health. The Environmental Health Scientist will use expertise in knowledge synthesis and translation to provide technical leadership in developing evidence based risk management and risk communication approaches for responding to challenging issues.
**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education, Training And Experience**:
A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a PhD in a discipline related to Environmental Health, Climate Change, or Emergency Management, plus five (5) years' of recent, related experience. Experience working with or in Indigenous Communities, as well as experience in a health or environmental protection agency at the regional, provincial, or federal level are assets.
**Skills And Abilities**:
- Working knowledge of the principles of epidemiology, environmental toxicology, risk analysis, risk management, risk communication, population health determinants, health equity, population health measurement, and human health impact assessment.
- Demonstrated ability to use established evidence evaluation frameworks to critically appraise complex research findings from scientific literature and other lines of evidence to accomplish timely knowledge translation in a succinct and practical approach.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate relevant information from a variety of disciplines as required.
- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills with a wide range of audiences.
- Ability to quickly read and review large amounts of written documents (such as human health risk assessments and environmental impact assessments) and identify key issues for further analysis.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team as well as independently.
- Demonstrated ability to interact professionally and respectfully with multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work, work under time constraints to meet deadlines; handle interruptions and changing priorities.
- Demonstrated superior level of accuracy, attention to detail, and independent error checking.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate and research information on-line (internet and intranet).
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
**Job Requirements**:
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